Typographical machine.



L. L. KENNEDY.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED AUG.14, 1912.

1 ,080,349, Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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LUTHER L. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO MERGEN'II'IALEE LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed August 14, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LU'rnnn IA- IQGNNEDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State o't New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in l.ypographical Machines, of which the following is a s )ecification.

My invention relates to typographical 'asting machines, such as linotype mach nes of the general organization represented 111 Letters Patent Off the United States No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, the invention relates to the mold carrier or disk, which is ordinarily provided with a plurality of molds of different style and dimensions, any one of which may be brought into operative relation to the other parts, as desired. The particular means whereby these adjustments may be effected constitute no part of my present invention, and are or may be substantially like those employed in the commercial linotype, or as disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States to W. H. Randall, No. 758,103.

In machines of this kind, it is sometimes a matter of difficulty to ascertain which mold is in operation, and similarly to bring another selected mold into proper position. For purposes of convenience and to obviate these dilliculties, I have provided means, which indicate the particular mold in operation and also assist in substituting another one therefor, these means preferably consisting of properly located marks upon the mold carrier or wheel, which marks register with others on a stationary scale.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown my improvement as applied to a linetype machine, but obviously it is capable of broader application, and may be employed in variant forms, which will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and in connection with other styles of typographical machines, such, for instance, as those cle- Specification of Letters Patent.

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signed to produce type and the like instead of slugs or linotypes, as in the present instance.

Generally speaking, I desire it to be i'lnderstood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

The drawing is a front view of the mold wheel of a linotype machine, having my invention applied thereto.

The mold wheel A is of the usual construction and is shown as provided with tour molds A A A, and A", any one of which may be brought into operative position in the customary manner, for instance, by the actuating pinion I as set forth in the said Randall patent. \Vhen the machine is in its normal position of rest, the operative mold is the one located at the right-hand side of the wheel, in the present instance the mold A.

In order that the operator may identify the mold, I provide a stationary scale or index S having marks thereon, which marks, in the present instance, are numbered 1, 2, 3, 41. I also provide the mold wheel with a series of marks a a a, a each correspond ing to one of the molds, and brought by the rotation of the mold wheel into registration with one of the marks on the scale S. As previously pointed out, when the machine is at rest, the operative mold is located at the side of the wheel, or substantially 90 away from the scale. Therefore, the corresponding mark on the wheel must be located in advance of the mold and not in contiguity thereto. For instance, in the drawing the mold A is the operative one, and its corresponding mark a is at the top of the wheel. The same arrangement is followed with reference to the other molds and corresponding marks, and, in order that they may register with those on the scale, the marks on the wheel are not only located in advance of their respective molds, but also their position is suitably varied eircumterentially. Thus in the drawing, the mold A." is the operative one, and its mark a" registers with the mark 4 on the scale S, but if the wheel A. be adjusted so as to bring another one into operative position, say the mold A its corresponding mark (6 will be brought to the top of the wheel and in registry with the mark 2 on the scale.

As previously stated, many variations and modifications of my invention will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and still be comprised within its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its Construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United. States is as follows:

1. In a typogra tihical casting machine, the combination of an adjustable mold carrier provided with a plurality of molds, and having a like plurality of marks one for each mold, with a stationary scale having a corresponding series of marks, whereby the adjustment of the carrier to bring a old. into operative position simultaneously, n'oves its mark into proper registry with the corresponding mark on the scale.

2. In a typographical casting machine, the combination of an adjustable rotary mold wheel provided with a pluralityvof molds, and having a like plurality of marks one for each mold and located out of contiguity thereto, with a stationary scale having a corresponding series of marks, whereby the rotation of the wheel to bring a mold into operative position simultaneously moves its mark into pro-per registry with the corresponding mark on the scale.

3. In a typographical casting machine, the combination. of an adjustable rotary mold wheel provided with a plurality of molds, and having a like plurality of marks one for each mold, located out of contiguity thereto and in varied circumferential positions on the wheel, with a stationary scale having a corresponding series of marks, whereby the rotation of the wheel to bring a mold into operative position simultaneously moves its mark into proper registry with the corresponding mark on the scale.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this eighth day of August, 1912, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

LUTHER L. KENNEDY.

Vitnesses EDGAR H. ALLEN, C. C. Jones.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

